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Do you speak 2 or more languages? Do you know how your brain looks like?
Interestingly, the brain of bilingual and multilingual people looks different than that of monolingual people.
Watch the video below to find out more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmOLN5zBLY&feature=share
How many languages do you speak? What are they?...

Today is National Grammar Day, which is celebrated on the 4th of March of every year in the United States.
I've previously written about it here .
It is noteworthy that according to Global Language Monitor, the estimated number of words in the English language is 1,025,109. While there...

This is another illustration by cartoonist and illustrator James Chapman showing how to answer the phone in 10 languages.
I would add the Arabic:
رن رن
نعم
Know any way to answer the phone in another language? Share it in the comments below!...

What is the sound that you make when you're in pain?
Usually, in Lebanon, people use "Ay". When it's one's soul that aches, they tend to say "Akh" آخ (which is the classical Arabic sound for pain) if expressing their bitterness aloud.
I wish you never use...

Lebanon is witnessing its coldest weather this season so far, and I happen to have stumbled upon this photo which shows how countries around the world express themselves when it is pouring.
I do know the English and French ones. It's interesting that we don't have something similar...

I just found out about Upwork from someone I know and decided to browse through it a little bit. Upon checking the translation projects posted there, I realized that even the highest rate proposed by the job poster (aka employer) is just ridiculously low! When...

Karimeh Abbud was a Palestinian professional photographer and artist who was born in 1893. She lived and worked in Lebanon and Palestine in the first half of the 20th century.
She developed a passion for photography in the year 1913 in Bethlehem where she was living...

Last week I had an interview with Sean Hopwood, President of Day Translations Inc., about all things translation and languages.
We discussed Arabic, English, translation, interpretation and a little bit of everything.
Here it is below. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3fFChE5dh4&feature=youtu.be
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Founded in 1994 by William Sieghart, National Poetry Day is celebrated on the first or second Thursday of October of every year in the UK and Ireland. It is a British campaign aiming at promoting poetry and public performances of poetry. It also encourages people...

Here is a list of 50 ways to say "Hello" in different languages as well as different English slang versions.
I would definitely add "Marhaba" (Arabic), "Hey" (English) and "Ciao" (Italian) to this list. Also, I wouldn't say "Bonjour" for French, as it means "good morning"....

Ah, how I miss my college days!
However, I don’t miss all the stress and panic attacks: every time I had an essay to write, I had to address the 5 C’s of hell: Will my essay be correct, concise, cohesive, coherent, and catchy?
Luckily, students today...

National Punctuation Day is celebrated each year on September 24 in the United States. Founded by Jeff Rubin in 2004, National Punctuation Day aims at promoting the correct usage of punctuation, where appreciators of correct punctuation and spelling are encouraged to share pictures of errors spotted in everyday life.
I...

Oxford English Dictionary just added 1000 new words, and they are as random and cheeseball as they can get!
From MOOBS (man boobs) to YOLO (You Only Live Once), Oxford added whatever you can think of.
In case you don't wanna fuhgeddabboudit, check out the entire list...

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